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Dec. 1, 2013

Honesty Is the Policy

Legal decision-making should be a transparent process.

As a general counsel, one of my primary duties is to assess the legal risks my company encounters and make recommendations about how best to address them. Sometimes, these risks don't require much discussion: If we want to open a new office in Idaho, for example, there are certain licenses we'll need to get, and there are certain filings we'll need to make, and there really isn't anything more to it. But more often, the legal risks underlying a course of action are ...

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